Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58·
    9 months ago

    So what I’m hearing is they can literally talk to each other in a way that we do and we still kill them constantly.

    • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      442·
      9 months ago

      We kill humans constantly too, and we probably obliterated the rest of the hominins also. I’m just saying we have a chequered track record.

      • pigup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        9 months ago

        I share this understanding with you and this is why I say that AI will absolutely kill us because that is what we would do. It’s trained on our data afterall.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I guess, but it feels to me like wiping out a species close to our intelligence is worse that killing each other.